Kitchen Chemistry
Science day! GB’s favorite!
Today he learned about chemical reactions. Our lab consisted of the mixing of various kitchen supplies and graphing the types of reactions.
This was our set-up, although it soon got a bit messy. GB enjoyed some of the more dramatic reactions (which I got on video, since I knew they’d be dramatic). And was quite disgusted by the precipitate that formed in the lemon juice and milk, and the lemon juice and egg white, and the vinegar and milk. He was convinced it looked like vomit….. Do I disagree?…. Nope, it did! Yuck!
Here are the videos of his favorite reactions. I loved his reactions. 
Next week we’ll be learning about acids and bases…. Should be fun!
How cool is that! Isn’t science fun??? I can’t believe all the people I hear tell me “science is boring.” They need to DO science, not just read about it. Anyway, I’m kind of wishing I’d put my dd in the older class! We did some of these experiments in the younger group, but not all of them. And, we didn’t graph them. Keep having fun!!!
Comment by Dana — September 20, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
I remember when my oldest (now in college! Yikes!) first started learning about chemical reactions, he was pretty little. I think he was 3. He called them “chemical wewactions”. It was pretty cute. And fun too!
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pwsmommy — September 20, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
wewactions, huh? Sounds like someone WE know who used to refer to green gingerdrale that we kept in the refrigderator. “I don’t LIKE green gingerdrale”
Comment by Grampa — September 21, 2007 @ 8:11 am